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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.475 MHz to hear WXL70, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Charlotte area of North Carolina. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Forecasts and warnings on WXL70 are produced by the National Weather Service office in Greenville-Spartanburg, SC. The transmitter itself stands at Spencer Mountain. Its listed transmitter power is 1,000 watts.
The station's coverage area takes in 16 counties in North Carolina and South Carolina; the full list is in the table below. SAME-capable weather radios filter alerts by county: program the six-digit SAME code listed below for each county you want alerts for.
| County | State | SAME code | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander County | NC | 037003 |
Entire area |
| Anson County | NC | 037007 |
Entire area |
| Cabarrus County | NC | 037025 |
Entire area |
| Catawba County | NC | 037035 |
Entire area |
| Cleveland County | NC | 037045 |
Entire area |
| Gaston County | NC | 037071 |
Entire area |
| Iredell County | NC | 037097 |
South half |
| Lincoln County | NC | 037109 |
Entire area |
| Mecklenburg County | NC | 037119 |
Entire area |
| Montgomery County | NC | 037123 |
Entire area |
| Richmond County | NC | 037153 |
Entire area |
| Rowan County | NC | 037159 |
Entire area |
| Stanly County | NC | 037167 |
Entire area |
| Union County | NC | 037179 |
Entire area |
| Cherokee County | SC | 045021 |
Entire area |
| York County | SC | 045091 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXL70
- Frequency
- 162.475 MHz
- Transmitter
- Charlotte, NC
- Transmitter site
- Spencer Mountain
- Power
- 1,000 watts
- NWS office
- Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Office address
- 1549 GSP Dr, Greer, SC 29651
- Office phone
- 864-848-3859
- Coverage
- 16 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Charlotte, NC
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Location
WXL70 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.475 MHz
- Transmitter
- Charlotte, NC
- NWS office
- Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Covers
- 16 counties
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